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Portland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Subers Codex 1

Jonah Sandford, Ralph Lee, Ashlee Benson

EMIP

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https://betamasaheft.eu/EMIP00226
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Collection: EMIP

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General description

Subers Codex 1

Number of Text units: 2

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

late-nineteenth century, ca. 1869 (fol. 58r ) mentions Salāmā III and Athanasius II

Provenance

Purchased in Nairobi before 2009.

Summary

Gospel of John, ወንጌል፡ ዘዮሐንስ፡, Absolution of the Son, ፍትሐት፡ ዘወልድ፡
  1. ms_i1 (Fols 1r–55v

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    ), Gospel of John
  2. ms_i2 (Fols 56r–58r

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    ), Fǝtḥat za-wald

Contents

Fols 1r–55v

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Gospel of John (CAe 1693)

Language of text:

arranged for the days of the wee
Fols 56r–58r

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Fǝtḥat za-wald (CAe 1398)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ፍትሐት፡ ዘወልድ፡ እግዚእ፡ እግዚኦ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ወልድ፡ ዋሕድ፡ ቃለ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡. . . . .ommission by

Additions In this unit there are in total 2 .

  1. Fol. iv(erso) a personal medical prescription included by the owner of the manuscript

  2. (Type: OwnershipNote)

    Fol. iir(ecto) (later) owner, Mämǝre Čäkolä, and the phrase, “Gospel of John.”

  3. Fol. 55v scribe mentioned, Wäldä Mädḫǝn. Text: “Those who were assembled at Nicea were 150, and at Constantinople, 200.”

  4. (Type: OwnershipNote)

    Fol. 56v and passim, owner: Gäbrä Maryam; scribe Ḫaylä Maryam

  5. Fol. 58r mentions Metropolitan Abbä Sälama (III, 1841–1867) and Metropolitan Atǝnatewos (1869–1876).

Extras

  1. EMML numbers on the folios

  2. Fols. ir(ecto), 58v, 59r, 59v, 60r, 60v blank

  3. Fol. iiv(erso) pen trials

  4. words of text are written interlinearly (folss. 6r, 13r, 15r, 27v, , etc.); erasure markings are visible (37r, ); text has been removed (e.g., 14r ).

Decoration In this unit there are in total 4 s, 1 .

Frame notes

  1. frame: Decorative designs: folss. 1r, 56r, (simple black ḥarägs); 55v, (line of alternating red and black dots); 58r (multiple full stops

Miniatures notes

  1. miniature: Fol. 29r

    Cross, drawing

  2. miniature: Fol. 29v

    Crucifixion of Jesus

  3. miniature: Fol. 40r

    Virgin and Child, (Mary holds Jesus on her right side)

  4. miniature: Fol. 40v

    Cross, drawing (identical to Decoration d1 )

Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

+NaN (leaf) .Entered as ii + 60 +NaN (quire) .Entered as Protection quire + 7 185 129 34
Outer dimensions
Height 185mm
Width 129mm
Depth 34mm

Quire Structure Collation

Quire descriptions: quires 1–5 balanced; protection quire and quire 7 adjusted balanced; quire 6 unbalanced. Navigation system: black thread sewn into the corner of fols. 51, to mark content; yellow thread sewn into the corner of 54 to mark content. Folio stubs are visible prior to fols. i, and between i, ii. A two folio quire is stitched in between fols. 55, 58. Folio stubs are visible between folss. 58, 59, and following 60.
Position Number Leaves Quires Description
1 a 2 Fols i–ii Folio stubs are visible prior to fols. i, and between i, ii. Protection Quire
2 1 10 Fols 1–10 Quire 1
3 2 8 Fols 11–18 Quire 2
4 3 10 Fols 19–28 Quire 3
5 4 12 Fols 29–40 Quire 4
6 5 8 Fols 41–48 Quire 5
7 6 10 Fols 49–58 A two folio quire is stitched in between fols. 55, 58. Quire 6: 8 added 9 added
8 7 2 Fols 59–60 Folio stubs are visible between folss. 58, 59, and following 60. Quire 7

Collation diagrams


Protection Quire
Quire ID:q1, number:a
Notes: 1) Folio stubs are visible prior to fols. i, and between i, ii.
Collation diagram Quire 1 1 2 Unit #1

Quire 1
Quire ID:q2, number:1
Collation diagram Quire 2 3 12 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

Quire 2
Quire ID:q3, number:2
Collation diagram Quire 3 13 20 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

Quire 3
Quire ID:q4, number:3
Collation diagram Quire 4 21 30 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

Quire 4
Quire ID:q5, number:4
Collation diagram Quire 5 31 42 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5 Unit #6

Quire 5
Quire ID:q6, number:5
Collation diagram Quire 6 43 50 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

Quire 6: 8 added 9 added
Quire ID:q7, number:6
Notes: 1) A two folio quire is stitched in between fols. 55, 58.
Collation diagram Quire 7 51 60 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5 Unit #6

Quire 7
Quire ID:q8, number:7
Notes: 1) Folio stubs are visible between folss. 58, 59, and following 60.
Collation diagram Quire 8 61 62 Unit #1

Ethio-SPaRe formula : a(2/Fols i–ii) – I(10/Fols 1–10) – II(8/Fols 11–18) – III(10/Fols 19–28) – IV(12/Fols 29–40) – V(8/Fols 41–48) – VI(10/Fols 49–58) – VII(2/Fols 59–60) –

Formula: Fols i–ii Protection Quire ; Fols 1–10 Quire 1 ; Fols 11–18 Quire 2 ; Fols 19–28 Quire 3 ; Fols 29–40 Quire 4 ; Fols 41–48 Quire 5 ; Fols 49–58 Quire 6: 8 added 9 added ; Fols 59–60 Quire 7 ;

Formula 1: 1 (2), 2 (10), 3 (8), 4 (10), 5 (12), 6 (8), 7 (10, +8, +9), 8 (2),

Formula 2: 1 (2), 2 (10), 3 (8), 4 (10), 5 (12), 6 (8), 7 (10, leaf added after fol. 57, leaf added after fol. 58), 8 (2),

Binding

Parchment, 185 x 129 x 34 mm, four Coptic chain stitches attached with bridle attachments to rough-hewn boards of the traditional wood covered by tooled leather with the traditional patterns, headband and tailband.

Binding material

parchment

wood

leather

Original binding

Yes

Layout

Layout note 1

H
W
Margins
top 16mm
bottom 36mm
right 19mm
left 6mm

Ms Portland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Subers Codex 1 main part

looks ok for measures computed width is: NaNmm, object width is: 129mm, computed height is: NaNmm and object height is: 185mm.

Layout note 1(Fols 1r–58r

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)

Number of columns: 1

Number of lines: 21

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Rubrication: ኢየሱስ፡ማርያም፡

    • Keywords

      Publication Statement

      authority
      Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
      publisher
      Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
      pubPlace
      Hamburg
      availability

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      date
      type=expanded
      20.8.2024 at 15:25:41
      date
      type=lastModified
      16.12.2020
      idno
      type=collection
      manuscripts
      idno
      type=url
      https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/EMIP00226/main
      idno
      type=URI
      https://betamasaheft.eu/EMIP00226
      idno
      type=filename
      EMIP00226.xml
      idno
      type=ID
      EMIP00226

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    Jonah Sandford, Ralph Lee, Ashlee Benson, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻPortland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Subers Codex 1ʼ, in Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2020-12-16) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/EMIP00226 [Accessed: 2024-11-03]

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    Revision history

    • Ralph Lee Corrected format of origin statement, and added person references on 16.12.2020
    • Ashlee Benson Updated id numbers on 23.11.2020
    • Ashlee Benson Minor changes on 12.11.2020
    • Ashlee Benson Updated facs statements on 5.11.2020
    • Ralph Lee Corrected ǝ character on 18.4.2020
    • Ralph Lee Added incipit, miniatures and notes on 9.10.2019
    • Jonah Sandford Added ms contents on 31.10.2018
    • Jonah Sandford Added quire desc, binding desc, margin dim, columns/lines, dating/provenance on 17.8.2018
    • Pietro Maria Liuzzo Created XML record from EMIP Collection Metadata.xsls on 18.1.2018
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    Attribution of the content

    Jonah Sandford, editor

    Ralph Lee, editor

    Ashlee Benson, editor

    Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor

    The initial version of this file was created from data kindly provided by the Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project directed by Steve Delamarter.
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